How to watch Chicago Cubs home playoff game: ABC7 to broadcast National League Wild Card Series against San Diego Padres
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CHICAGO (WLS) — ABC7 Chicago will broadcast the Cubs Wild Card Series against the Padres on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The Chicago Cubs secured their home-field advantage for their National League Wild Card Series against the San Diego Padres on Saturday.

Chicago beat the Cardinals 7-3.

The Cubs and Padres play Game 1 of their best-of-three series on Tuesday.

The video in the player above is from a previous report.

First pitch will be at 1:08 p.m. ET on Tuesday and Wednesday for the Cubs v. Padres MLB NL Wild Card Series.

The schedule for game three is expected to be announced later Sunday.

ABC7 will broadcast the games.

The 2025 postseason will schedule four Wild Card Series games each day from Tuesday through Thursday, following a best-of-three format. These games will be broadcast on ESPN’s family of networks, according to the MLB.

Chicago Cubs' Pete Crow-Armstrong celebrates his home run with Seiya Suzuki during a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025, in Chicago.

During a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday, September 27, 2025, in Chicago, Pete Crow-Armstrong of the Chicago Cubs celebrated his home run with Seiya Suzuki.

(AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

The last time the Cubs played a postseason game at Wrigley Field with spectators was in October 2018. Their most recent playoff appearance was in 2020, a season marked by empty stands due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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